WYOMING, MI – Timothy Simonson, the man police say was in a county park without his pants, was offered a chance to plead guilty to indecent exposure as a sexually delinquent person and then he would not be charged as a repeat offender.

Simonson was scheduled to be arraigned in Wyoming District Court on March 29, but he never showed up, according to Wyoming Police Capt. Kim Koster.

Koster said the man was spotted by police not far from the county-run park and gave chase, but the Wyoming resident managed to escape.

According to court records, Simonson was picked up by Michigan State Police out of the Rockford Post and was booked into the jail last week.

Originally, Simonson was charged only with indecent exposure, a one-year misdemeanor. Now the sexually delinquent person and habitual offender charges could lead to conviction on a felony that could put him in prison at a judge's discretion.

Police say Simonson was convicted of at least one other sexually-based crime as well as having a criminal record that includes a Kent County unarmed robbery conviction in 1985, a 1986 breaking and entering conviction in Jackson County and a prison escape from 1990 in Allegan County.

Parker said his client’s case is more typical of the situation where someone has a few drinks, then relieves themselves outdoors, leading to an indecent exposure charge.